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ARMY, if you had not known: Twitter is unrolling a feature called "TIP JAR". There are a few things about this we think ARMY should be educated about, both for personal safety reasons and for fandom concerns to keep an eye out to ensure the health of the ARMY community at large.
First: Tip Jar is in a testing phase. Not every account has access to it. However, what the function is: an account can turn on the ability for users to "tip" it. Users can then "tip" the account through a third party cash service.
Now onto some of the concerns.
Now onto some of the concerns.
First: The person receiving your tips may gain access to your identifying information (confirmed through paypal, unknown through other cash payment services). It reads as "TIP FROM (FULL NAME)", the name associated with your paypal account. Not your twitter handle.
Second: This is done via twitter integrating payment services to the twt platform. Twitter says they don't profit off transactions but does state that the services (Ex: paypal or cashapp) may charge a transactional fee.
No details on which services, if any, would charge those.
No details on which services, if any, would charge those.
Third: We worry this will be a field day for scammers. "Donate to our tip jar to pay the fee for this merch I'm selling" turns into "There's no merch someone is selling, it's a scam" & depending on the TOS of the tip jar, seeking recourse may be difficult.
This introduces a big issue for ARMY: accounts monetizing platforms.
A tip jar does not require someone to donate, but the more visits a profile has, statistically, the more likely someone will donate.
Basically: the more followers you have, the more likely you can get tips.
A tip jar does not require someone to donate, but the more visits a profile has, statistically, the more likely someone will donate.
Basically: the more followers you have, the more likely you can get tips.
"Should an ARMY account be able to monetize their platform for profit?" "Should ARMY be okay with accounts monetizing their platforms for profit?"
One concern is this feeds into clout-chasing behaviour. Getting a big account will be something they can directly monetize.
One concern is this feeds into clout-chasing behaviour. Getting a big account will be something they can directly monetize.
Someone wants to make money? Set themselves as a "translator" (whether they're capable of doing so or not) & provide translations (perhaps fake ones, inaccurate ones, or stolen ones). Receive tips for translations.
Less than ideal.
Less than ideal.
Someone wants to make money? Set themselves up as a "picture account", and never speak out in regards to fandom issues because they're too concerned to risk their follow count (which they profit off of). Solos or akgaes = tolerated because they can be monetized?
Alarming.
Alarming.
Ultimately, monetizing accounts brings to light the question of ACTING IN GOOD FAITH.
Is an account here because they love BTS and they love ARMY & want to help enrich the community? Or are they here to make profit off of it?
Is an account here because they love BTS and they love ARMY & want to help enrich the community? Or are they here to make profit off of it?
As this feature is unrolled, please take the time to keep an eye out for accounts that do enable this function (if any). Personally? We hope ARMY accounts don't. We are here all for the same reason: we love BTS.
Accounts should enrich ARMY space, not an ARMY personality.
Accounts should enrich ARMY space, not an ARMY personality.
Paypal being used for twitter's tip jar revealing personal information, source: https://twitter.com/RachelTobac/status/1390409874006183936?s=20
Twitter not directly profiting (but the third party payment services possibly charging fees), source: https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1390409819115372548?s=20
Twitter's Tip Jar announcement: https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1390396738788339722?s=20
